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An aircraft theft near Indianapolis has raised concerns about security at general aviation facilities, but airplane owners at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport insist they feel safe without TSA intervention. "We have a vested interest in keeping our aircraft secure," says Joe Newkirk, who bases his Freedom Helicopters at the small airport on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Newkirk and other tenants say locks, cameras and security patrols have prevented any security breaches for at least a dozen years. "We watch out for each other," says Walt Gdowski, who hangars three planes at the airport. "If we see somebody we don't like or somebody that shouldn't be here, we call security right away."

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Police arrested a man Monday after he told screeners at Indianapolis International Airport that he had "a bomb in my belly." Jeff Rarey told investigators he made the jest after asking why he required additional screening. Rarey was arrested on charges of false reporting.

An aircraft theft at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport has raised concerns about security at general aviation facilities, but airplane owners insist they feel safe without TSA intervention. "We have a vested interest in keeping our aircraft secure," says Joe Newkirk, who bases his Freedom Helicopters at the small airport on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Newkirk and other tenants say locks, cameras and security patrols have prevented any security breaches for at least a dozen years. "We watch out for each other," says Walt Gdowski, who hangars three planes at the airport. "If we see somebody we don't like or somebody that shouldn't be here, we call security right away."

The U.K. government canceled plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport because of environmental concerns over greenhouse-gas emissions. "The 220,000 or so flights that might well come with a third runway would make it difficult to meet the targets we'd set for ourselves," said Teresa Villiers, Britain's minister of state for transport.

Phil Boyer, who served 18 years as president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, has joined the board of trustees for the National Aviation Hall of Fame. "I'm very pleased to be able to do this," said Boyer, who retired from the AOPA in 2008. The Hall of Fame plans induct several pilots on July 16 and 17.

The Federal Aviation Administration erred by exempting gliders and nonmotorized aircraft from NextGen, according to an editorial in The Examiner of Washington. "The FAA could easily have included all aircraft in its final rule requiring pilots to be able to broadcast their position and velocity to other air traffic in the general vicinity," the editorial board writes.